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FOEHR
by Andy ;—) (guest)
3/14/2007, 6:05 PM
in reply to a message by Clara
The German "Föhre" means "pine." It has the same root as "fir."
"Fohre" can also be a kind of fish.
"Fahren" means "to travel", and vowels may change easily.All of this is just guessing.
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- - (guest)   +1
3/15/2007, 2:56 PM
Andy, I think you r wrong about the fir tree... I'm not sure...
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- Jim Young (guest)
3/16/2007, 6:25 AM
My dictionary tells me that there is a dialect word, Foehre, meaning "fir tree".
Welcome back Andy.
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